Moby quotes - page 5

I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance. (Moby)
I like tea and yoga, but I don't do yoga. View quote
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I still never get recognized. Small, bald white guys like myself - we all kind of look the same. View quote
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Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn. View quote
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Actually, the most entitled people I've met are indie rockers and indie actors, because they really believe their press. View quote
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Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment. View quote
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You make mistakes and you learn from them. View quote
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I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician complaining about being a public-figure musician is just absurd. Like, 'Boo hoo hoo! I have to stand on stage and people pay attention to me!' View quote
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When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Heaven Up Here'... I had a more intimate relationship with those records than I did with most of the people in my life. View quote
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Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants. View quote
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I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist. (Moby)
I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people. View quote
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I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good. View quote
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In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom. View quote
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I remember New York in the '80s as a place with vacant lots that would eventually give over to nature. Weeds would grow up, squirrels would move in. That entropy is gone now. It's too expensive to let a vacant lot go natural. View quote
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Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience. View quote
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The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work. View quote
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I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer. View quote
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When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music. View quote
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But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective. View quote
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When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof. (Moby)
When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands. View quote
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I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult. View quote
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'Arbitrary' and 'odd' are the words which best describe the pattern of my career. I'm perpetually baffled by the whole thing. View quote
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A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music. View quote
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